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    • Utslipp til luft fra oljeindustrien: Tiltak, kostnader og virkemidler 

      Dragsund, Egil; Aunan, Kristin; Godal, Odd; Haugom, Gerd Petra; Holtsmark, Bjart (1999:02, Research report, 1999)
      Denne rapporten beskriver utviklingen i forurensende utslipp til luft fra oljeindustrien i Norge sammenlignet bidraget fra andre sektorer. Viktige tiltak som har bidratt til en reduksjon i utslippene per produsert enhet ...

    • The European Community and climate protection: What's behind the 'empty rhetoric'? 

      Ringius, Lasse (1999:08, Research report, 1999)
      The EC has been hoping to play an environmental leadership role in the global climate negotiations and has been proposing comparatively stringent climate targets for the OECD countries. But especially the United States and ...

    • Kyotoprotokollen som rammeverk for et norsk system for omsettelige kvoter 

      Holtsmark, Bjart; Torvanger, Asbjørn (1999:06, Research report, 1999)
      Denne rapporten behandler problemstillinger relatert til et norsk kvotemarked som er koplet til et internasjonalt kvotemarked under Kyotoprotokollen. Dette betyr ikke at vi tar det for gitt at Kyotoprotokollen noen gang ...

    • Sources of conflicts in climate policy within the EU: An economic analysis 

      Aaheim, H. Asbjørn; Froyn, Camilla Bretteville (1999:03, Research report, 1999)
      This report is a part of a study of the potential for the EU to take on leadership in the climate negotiations. The aim of this part is to sort out factors that may explain the different economic interests in cutting ...

    • Soil carbon sequestration and the CDM: Opportunities and the CDM 

      Ringius, Lasse (1999:07, Research report, 1999)
      The agriculture sector dominates the economies of most sub-Saharan countries, contributing about one-third of the region’s GDP, accounting for forty percent of the export, and employing about two-thirds of the economically ...

    • Implementing the Kyoto Protocol: The role of environmental agreements 

      Torvanger, Asbjørn; Skodvin, Tora (1999:04, Research report, 1999)
      Voluntary agreements between an industry or a company and the government to regulate various environmental impacts is a popular policy tool in many OECD countries. Since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the United ...

    • Climate change: Scientific background and process 

      Alfsen, Knut H.; Fuglestvedt, Jan S.; Seip, Hans Martin; Skodvin, Tora (2000:01, Research report, 2000)
      The paper gives a brief description of natural and man-made forces behind climate change and outlines climate variations in the past together with a brief synopsis likely future impacts of anthropogenic emissions of ...

    • Developing strategies for climate change: The UNEP country studies on climate change impacts and adaptations assessment 

      Ukjent forfatter (2000:02, Research report, 2000)
      This report summarizes four country studies that were undertaken as part of the UNEP "Country Case Studies on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations Assessment." These studies, carried out in Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, ...

    • Economic impacts of climate change on tuna fisheries in Fiji Islands and Kiribati 

      Aaheim, H. Asbjørn; Sygna, Linda (2000:04, Research report, 2000)
      This paper discusses the possible economic consequences of a change in the tuna fisheries in the Pacific Ocean resulting from climate change. On the background of Lehodey's (2000) study of potential changes in the tuna ...

    • Is information enough? User responses to seasonal climate forecasts in Southern Africa 

      O'Brien, Karen; Sygna, Linda; Næss, Lars Otto; Kingamkono, Robert; Hochobeb, Ben (2000:03, Research report, 2000)
      Since the mid-1980s, long-lead climate forecasts have been developed and used to predict the onset of El Niño events and their impact on climate variability. Advances in the observational and theoretical understanding of ...

    • Klimaendringer og klimapolitikk 

      Alfsen, Knut H.; Kolshus, Hans H.; Torvanger, Asbjørn (2000:05, Research report, 2000)
      Klimaproblemet er en stor politisk og vitenskapelig utfordring av flere grunner: 1. Det er stor usikkerhet knyttet til flere sider av klimaproblemet, så som framtidige utslipp av klimagasser, klimasystemets respons på ...

    • From taxes to permits? The Norwegian climate policy debate 

      Froyn, Camilla Bretteville; Bang, Guri (2000:06, Research report, 2000)
      Taxation as an instrument for environmental policy (green taxes) has been a topic of heated debate in Norway for almost 30 years. The subject of environmental taxes has time after time inflamed both policymakers and scholars ...

    • The state of climate research and climate policy 

      Torvanger, Asbjørn; Alfsen, Knut H.; Kolshus, Hans H.; Sygna, Linda (2001:02, Research report, 2001)
      The aim of the report is to give an overview of the state of climate research and international climate policy negotiations until May 2001. The report presents a collection of factual information based on reports from the ...

    • Virkninger av klimaendringer i Norge 

      Sygna, Linda; O'Brien, Karen (2001:01, Research report, 2001)
      Denne rapporten oppsummerer et seminar arrangert av CICERO Senter for klimaforskning om ”Virkninger av klimaendringer”. Seminaret fant sted på Håndverkeren i Oslo, 30.- 31. oktober 2000. Bakgrunnen for seminaret er et ...

    • Assessing metrics of climate change: Current methods and future possibilities 

      Fuglestvedt, Jan S.; Berntsen, Terje Koren; Godal, Odd; Sausen, Robert; Shine, Keith P.; Skodvin, Tora (2001:04, Research report, 2001)
      With the principle of comprehensiveness embedded in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Art. 3), a multi-gas abatement strategy with emphasis also on non-CO2 greenhouse gases as targets for reduction and control ...

    • An analysis of the Bonn agreement: Background information for evaluating business implications 

      Torvanger, Asbjørn (2001:03, Research report, 2001)
      This report has been commissioned by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and written in August 2001. The aim of the report is to present and analyze the newest developments in the climate negotiations, ...

    • An evaluation of business implications of the Kyoto Protocol 

      Torvanger, Asbjørn (2001:05, Research report, 2001)
      This report has been commissioned by Norsk Hydro ASA and written in November-December 2001. The aim of the report is to present and analyze the newest developments in the climate negotiations, particularly the seventh ...

    • Klimagasskvoter på sokkelen 

      Torvanger, Asbjørn; Godal, Odd; Kolshus, Hans H.; Aaheim, H. Asbjørn (2002:01, Research report, 2002)
      Formålet med denne rapporten er å utrede fordeler og ulemper ved frivillig tilknytning til et kvotesystem for klimagasser på bedriftsnivå, og fordeler og ulemper knyttet til ulike allokeringsmekanismer for klimagasskvoter ...

    • Pro-Poor Climate Adaptation: Norwegian development cooperation and climate change adaptation - an assessment of issues, strategies and potential entry points 

      Eriksen, Siri E H; Næss, Lars Otto (2003:02, Research report, 2003)
      This report reviews linkages between Norwegian development cooperation and climate change, with a focus on adaptation. It discusses key concepts, ongoing efforts and their relevance to Norwegian policies and strategies. ...

    • Air quality estimates in Taiyan, Shanxi Province, China 

      Mestl, Heidi Elizabeth Staff; Fang, Jinghua (2003:01, Research report, 2003)
      In a previous cost-benefit analysis of local air quality improvements in Shanxi, a simple linear relationship between emissions and surface concentrations was assumed (Aunan et al., 2004). This study looks more closely at ...